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I thought it would be good.


I had heard about it and wanted to see it, for about a week. I wanted to see it, cause of Stephen King, and I like vampire movies. Then I finally got to see it...

And, I changed the channel about half way through it, cause it was so damn stupid, and boring.

Please, don't waste your time on this movie.

Actually, do. You might like it. But, I didn't.

I died then I thought of you and came back to life.
How can you think if you're dead?

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It's so dreadful.Just think that took time away from my life that I'll never get back

GO SHARKS GO!

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really, really crap movie. hackneyed, 2-dimensional characters, a paper-thin plot that makes absolutely no sense, totally over-the-top blood and gore and not a single even vaguely scary moment. For some reason directors seem to feel compelled to make a movie of everything Stephen King's ever written; ok The Shining is one of the best horror movies ever made, and I liked Tommyknockers and Thinner too, but the rest of them? It, Carrie, and for christ's sake, Cujo? Come on!

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i really havent liked any of the movies made from his movies

When Someone Gives You Love Try Not To *beep* On It!

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Carrie (the seventies version, anyway) is probably one of the best King movies ever made, and holds up pretty well especially considering how old it is.

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good king movies:

carrie
the shining(kubrick)
stand by me
dead zone(cronenberg)
creepshow(funny if you don't take it seriously)
shawshank redemption
Misery
salems lot(Tobe Hooper miniseries)
Green mile(not better then the book)
Christine(One of my favorite Carpenter films)
The running man
The dark half
daloris Claiborne
Cujo
Pet Semetary(Although I think people are divided on how great this is)

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Great list-

I haven't seen many of them but I know that they're good.

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If you see the night flier with the mindset of watching a vampire movie, ofcourse you're going to get dissappointed.

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I found it pretty weak as well. The whole airplane story is original but also quite silly, there are few scares and overall the film is kinda boring.

Boycott movies that involve real animal violence! (and their directors too)

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I thought it was decent

And I'm sure my taste in films is miles beyond yours

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"And, I changed the channel about half way through it, cause it was so damn stupid, and boring.

Please, don't waste your time on this movie."

Agreed because i was disappointed as you were 15 years prior when you watched this movie. I loved the short story written by my dear friend Stephen. Vampire on a private plane that goes across the country at night time especially when it is raining? Awesome premise. Actually i loved the environment that my dear friend Stephen depicted in his short story, similar to the great environment that he made in his other short story named "The Langoliers." His world environments are so awesome, like a pleasant dream, even if it is a dystopian nightmare scenario as in "The Stand," it is still awesome. Awesome. Awesome!

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